Steps

1

Measure and pour the rum in a medium sized bowl. Lightly sprinkle and gently stir the gelatin powder in the rum. Place on the side for about 10 minutes, as this will allow the powder to soften into the rum.

2

Combine the pumpkin, both sugars, egg yolks, cinnamon, orange zest, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl. Use a whisk to mix thoroughly.

3

Create a double boiler with the gelatin/rum bowl and simmer until the gelatin is clear. Add and whisk the gelatin mixture to the pumpkin bowl immediately.

4

Use an electric mixer to combine the heavy cream and vanilla extract until soft peaks start to form up. Add and fold the heavy cream mixture into the pumpkin bowl.

5

Make the sweetened whipped cream by mixing 1 cup heavy cream, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Avoid over-whipping it or else you'll end it up with a butter texture.

6

Place a spoonful of the pumpkin mixture on the bottom of the parfait glasses. Layer some whipped cream and chopped cookies. Repeat the layering until the 3rd layer of pumpkin mixture.

7

Cover each glass with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.

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Tips

If you're hesitant with getting the ingredients in the parfait glasses without making a mess, make pastry bags out of regular sandwich baggies. Snip off a small section of the bottom corner and squirt it in.

Instead of using parfait glasses, you can always use miniature puff pastry pie crusts.

The dark rum can be substituted for water, if you choose to make this without alcohol.